Jack Butland’s ambition to be England’s number one at this summer’s World Cup finals in Russia underwent its latest test last night when the Three Lions played Italy at Wembley. The game ended 1-1, and the Stoke City goalkeeper had little chance of saving the 87th-minute penalty that handed the visitors their draw. But how did the 25-year-old perform overall, and has he enhanced his international claims over glove rivals Jordan Pickford and Joe Hart? Here’s how the Stoke man’s performance has been assessed by the national media…

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Press Association: Under-worked between the posts until Lorenzo Insigne's flawless late penalty. That left his distribution under the microscope and he invited pressure with a few ill-conceived short passes. Advantage Jordan Pickford. 6

Daily Mail: A comfortable night for the Stoke keeper until Insigne converted his late penalty. 6

Daily Mirror: Solid enough in goal, did not get much chance to play out, it’s a tight call. 6

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Evening Standard: In what looks like being a straight shoot-out between Pickford and Jack Butland, the former will be happier with how the international break went.

The Everton keeper impressed in the win over Netherlands on Friday night with his distribution of the ball as well as the goalkeeping. In contrast, Butland looked far less comfortable when he had possession - something that will concern Gareth Southgate.

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Playing out from the back is a key to the England coach and there were a number of occasions where Butland failed to find a team-mate. There was also one situation in the first half where he should have cleared the ball to safety when Italy were pressing high up the pitch, and tried an ambitious pass instead.

Kyle Walker made it pretty clear what he thought of it as he gave it away in a vulnerable area of the pitch. Fortunately it went out of play for a throw-in. On the evidence of the past five days, Pickford will start against Tunisia in June.

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Independent: The biggest problem of these two cautious jousts against the Netherlands and Italy was that nether Jordan Pickford or Jack Butland was seriously tested.

The number one shirt is seemingly a contest between this talented but inexperienced pair, and it may ultimately go down to their performances over the final weeks of the Premier League season.

If there was a slight favourite, it might be Pickford given the composure he showed with the ball at his feet – and building from the back is a habit Southgate is keen to instil.